Waterfall Cave Falls is a 5-foot waterfall in White County, Tennessee, in the Interior Plateau region. It lies about 1.3 miles northeast of Sparta and roughly 52.9 miles east of Murfreesboro as the crow flies.
At 5 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 332 Tennessee waterfalls with a documented height only 1 are shorter, while the typical Tennessee waterfall stands around 30 feet. By form it is a block waterfall, wider than it is tall, spilling over a broad ledge.
The Interior Plateau is a rolling limestone landscape of pasture, oak-hickory woodland and cedar glades in Kentucky and Tennessee, riddled with springs, sinkholes and caves. Waterfalls drop over limestone ledges and in karst valleys.
White County holds 21 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Wildcat Creek Falls, a 30-foot plunge waterfall, is about 4 miles away. Lost Creek Falls, a 60-foot plunge waterfall, is about 8.6 miles away. Virgin Falls, a 110-foot plunge waterfall, is about 9.9 miles away.
Waterfall Cave Falls is located at 35.9425° N, 85.4519° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.